Travel, Tech, Thoughts…
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cool piece of news
Anyone familiar with the Cragun family of Mt. Green, UT who has also visited the Cragun home is probably familiar with foosball or table soccer. You’re also probably familiar with the passion most of the Cragun’s had toward the game – many a night was spent hunched over that table, cursing at friends (in a…
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Giselle and poker
We saw Cincinnati Ballet’s production of Giselle yesterday. As is typical with the Cincinnati Ballet, the production was very professional. Giselle holds a special place for Debi and I in that it was the first ballet we ever danced together and we danced it while getting to know each other. This is the first time…
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I’ll try not to be too political this year…
… But I think I’m allowed one political post. Just read this editorial from The New York Times and realized that it sums up in a few short paragraphs everything that is wrong with the Republican domination of our government right now. I’m a political independent, so don’t think I’m saying Democrats are any better…
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I’m in the Cincinnati Post!
Kevin Eigelbach, a religion columnist with The Cincinnati Post, wrote an article a couple weeks ago talking about a new law floating around Capital Hill (The Public Expression of Religion Act). In the column he mentioned Edwin Kagin, a local leader in the atheist movement. I liked the column, with one exception – Eigelbach said…
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Halloween costume guessing game
Debi and I came up with some new costumes for Halloween this year. We were really excited about them, but we are guessing most people can’t guess who/what Debi is without seeing my costume. So, here it goes. Here’s a photo in Debi in her costume. The first person to guess it will receive…. A…
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Hello from Portland
I flew into Portland, OR last night for a conference (SSSR). I’ll be here until Sunday. Lack of foresight left me thinking the sessions started bright and early this morning… Not so. The sessions don’t start until around 1:00 pm, which left me with an entire morning in Portland to blow. After forking over an…
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Tall Stacks
Debi and I went to Tall Stacks this past weekend (Saturday). One of our dance students from the Copacabanna set up a deal to get tickets on the Salsa cruise on the Harriet Bishop. We thought it might be fun, so we paid the $30 per ticket to see what all the fuss is about.…
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letter to the editor – NYTimes
It probably won’t get published, but I had to write the following letter in response to this op-ed piece that appeared today in the NYTimes: No Undergrad Left Behind. Dear Editor, I’m writing in reference to the Opinion piece by Eugene Hickok in the October 11, 2006 edition of the paper. Mr. Hickok seems to…
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waxing political for a moment…
There are several good articles in the NYTimes this morning about the direction the U.S. government seems to be heading as regards civil rights and Presidential powers. Here’s an excellent op-ed about a similar situation faced by the Romans: Excerpt: But such was the panic that ensued after Ostia that the people were willing to…
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I was just intubated…
So, the research study (phase 1 of 4) is wrapping up and now they’re doing their tests on me (16 days of eating meat down, 2 to go). I went into the hospital this morning at 8:00 to have a tube stuck up through my nose and into my stomach. Once it was in –…